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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Martell Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventors:
Carey Ray Martell, San Marcos, TX (US);
Akim Angelo Anastopoulo, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
Martell Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/6437 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/2343 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6437 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for distributed content distribution is presented which enables and facilitates distributed content programming. According to the system, a list of content segments that make up an episode and episode metadata are distributed from server to client. The client uses the list of content segments and the episode metadata to present a streamlined viewing experience to the user, notwithstanding different locations, formats, encoding schemes, and packetization schemes of the content underlying the list of content segments.